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07:10 Lord Woolf, the former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, is to head an independent review of business practices at BAE Systems.
07:15 The Higher Education Minister, Bill Rammell, is in Israel discussing a decision by the UK University and Colleges Union to boycott Israel academically.
07:18 Our Europe Editor reports on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's continued efforts to hammer out a new European treaty to replace the constitution.
07:21 The business news with Simon Jack.
07:24 Child poverty is still rife in this country despite the Government's pledge to eradicate it by 2020.
07:26 A government scientific adviser says biofuels actually increase greenhouse gas emissions.
07:28 The sports news with Sonja McLaughlan.
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0730 - 0800
07:30 A new European "Index of Success" suggests that Scotland is far from being "the best small country in the world".
07:35 A painter and writer from the East End has gathered 400 Playground songs into a new collection.
07:40 Thought for the Day with Clifford Longley.
07:45 We speak to William Hague, Shadow Foreign Secretary, about the American and Iraqi security plan for Baghdad which got under way nearly four months ago.
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0800 - 0830
08:10 The Human Tissue and Embryo Bill has got both sides of the abortion debate gearing up for a fight. We speak to MP's Dr Evan Harris and Ann Widdecombe.
08:20 We repaint the image of the stereotypical pigeon-fancier with the help of听a new book.
08:25 A sports update with Sonja McLaughlan.
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08:30 A new report by the right-leaning think tank Civitas says the curriculum in state schools has been stripped of its content and corrupted by political interference.
08:35 A business update with Simon Jack.
08:37 One of the biggest sculptures ever made from a single piece of rock is to be installed at the Eden Project today.
08:40 In the past couple of hours, the final episode of the highly popular mafia drama series, the Sopranos, has been aired in the US. We ask the million dollar questions - did Tony live or die?
08:43 The first "zero carbon" certificate will be awarded to a new house today: the government says it will be the model for sustainable homes in the future.
08:45 At least one person has been killed in a blast in Kenya's capital, Nairobi.
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We don鈥檛 always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.
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Don De Lillo Interview
The American writer Don de Lillo who wrote Underworld and is one of the biggest figures in modern American literature - has become a classic. A Penguin classic.听A great accolade, but usually one reserved for the dead. John interviewed him and asked what it's like to be thought of as a "classic"?
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Mouloud Sihali Interview
Mouloud Sihali from Algeria, North Africa, is one of the suspected terrorists that听the 主播大秀 Secretary wants to deport back to Algeria. Based on secret intelligence and police investigations, the 主播大秀 Secretary has deemed Sihali a threat to the Nation's security. Last year Mouloud Sihali was found not guilty of being a part of a so called released Ricin plot. |
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The nominations for the Oscars were announced yesterday, and The Constant Gardener is tipped for a place on the shortlist. It stars Ralph Fiennes who picked up an Evening Standard Film Award this week for his role in the film. Polly Billington spoke him and to the author, John le Carre, about the film and its chances at the Oscars. (31/01/06) |
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Edward Stourton interviews the President of Mexico, Vincente Fox, and Tom Shannon, the United States Under Secretary of State with responsibility for the Americas, on the Summit of the Americas in Argentina and the prospect of a free trade agreement for the region.
President Vincente Fox.
Under Secretary of State Tom Shannon. |
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The uncut interview with Sir Peter Hall, the first director to stage the play in 1955, with the last surviving member of the original main cast, Timothy Bateson who played 'lucky', and playwright Ronald Harwood. |
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Jim Naughtie speaks to the Archbishop of Kaduna, Josiah Idowu Fearon, about the Anglican Church in Africa and tensions between Christians and Muslims. (25/05/05) |
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Edward Stourton interviews Monsignor Charles Burns, a retired head of the Vatican's Secret Archives, in听Rome about the funeral of the Pope John Paul II.
(08/04/05)
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First 主播大秀 interview of Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo Bay detainee. Mr Begg speaks听to our reporter Zubeida Malik about听his ordeal and how he听continues to听campaign for five Britons still there to be freed. |
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Justin Webb interviews Walter Cronkite who pays tribute to Dan Rather, a 73 year old news presenter in America who is retiring after 24 years.
(10/03/05) |
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Tony Blair speaks to Jim at the British Embassy in Washington, following his controversial Rose Garden press conference with Bush. The Iraq war, the Middle East and the first hints of an EU constitution referendum u-turn. (17/04/04). |
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, about the recent increase of religious violence in Nigeria.
(19/05/04) |
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John Humphrys interviews Prince Hassan of Jordan on the critical situation in Iraq.
(03/05/04). |
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Jim Naughtie interviews Bob Woodward.听First Watergate, now a controversial book into events in the White House pre-Iraq war.
(20/04/04).
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Sarah Montague interviews Paul Burrell.
The former royal butler denies betraying Diana, Princess of Wales, insisting his controversial new book was "a loving tribute".
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General James L. Jones
During his visit to听 London - the Supreme Commander of Nato talks to James Naughtie about the threat posed to NATO by a stronger EU military force. |
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